LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He ...
In 1957, nine Black students entered Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, an all-white school. A monument was installed on Capitol grounds in Little Rock in 2025. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ...
Jared Sundstrom and Lazaro Montes of the Arkansas Travelers wearing Little Rock Nine uniforms. Members of the Arkansas Travelers stand for the Pledge of Allegiance during a game in North Little Rock ...
The Arkansas Travelers will honor the Little Rock Nine during the 2025 season with special uniforms and hats during three ...
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Saturday, two of the surviving members of the Little Rock Nine were honored at the Arkansas Travelers game along with the relatives of other members. “It's really a ...
68 years ago, 9 black teenagers made history doing what many didn’t want them to do. They became the first Black students to integrate the former all white Little Rock Central High School. After ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Jefferson Thomas was fast and athletic and often played pickup basketball with white students while growing up in Little Rock in the 1950s. But when Thomas became one of nine black ...
In this Sept. 27, 1957, file photo, two paratrooper officers escort black students from Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. School was closing for the weekend. (AP Photo/File) Over 60 years ago ...
Four of the Little Rock Nine. From left to right: Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Elizabeth Eckford, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Terrence Roberts and moderator Brian Schwieger from the National Park Service ...
LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Every year on September 25, the steps of Central High School transform into a powerful symbol of courage, sacrifice, and the ongoing journey toward equality. This year marks ...
Minnijean Brown-Trickey does not consider herself a hero. When her school made an announcement asking if anyone wanted to attend Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, she signed up.
ABC News gets inside look at courtroom restored as "monument to rule of law." LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Nearly 70 years after the Supreme Court ordered an end to racial segregation in America's schools, ...